The politics of (fractured) solidarity : a cross-national analysis of the class bases of the Welfare State
Deeming, Christopher (2018) The politics of (fractured) solidarity : a cross-national analysis of the class bases of the Welfare State. Social Policy and Administration, 52 (5). pp. 1106-1125. ISSN 0144-5596 (https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12323)
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Abstract
This article considers the politics of social solidarity from a cross-national perspective. In the analysis, we rely on four waves of international social survey data for our sample of Western nations, representative of different welfare state traditions. The time span is a twenty-year period and the total country-wave sample comprises over 40,000 records. While there is popular support for governmental actions to protect citizens in old-age and sickness, views about the social rights of unemployed citizens are shifting. High-profile activating labour-market reforms are reapportioning the burden of risk in society. With the rise of right-wing populism in Europe and the US, this article examines how interests change as citizens lose their stake in the means of security – revealing an ever more fragile and fractured social solidarity.
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Deeming, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4825-1373;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 60623 Dates: DateEvent2 August 2018Published2 August 2017Published Online3 April 2017AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Policy Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 05 May 2017 14:34 Last modified: 17 Dec 2024 03:31 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60623